The Postmark Hotel Revitalization Project, Newmarket, by Kirkor Architects (Image courtesy Ontario Heritage Trust) The Ontario Heritage Trust and the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario are celebrating the 2024 recipients of the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards. These annual juried awards, administered by the Trust, aim to recognize people’s achievements across various pursuits in preserving and promoting Ontario’s heritage. There were a total of nine projects and eight individual recipients of the 2024 Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards. The recipients were recognized at a private ceremony on April 25, 2025, at the Legislative Building in Toronto, presided over by the Honourable Edith Dumont, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and John Ecker, chair of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Heritage Trust. Recipients of the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation include Dickson Public School Adaptive Reuse, Cambridge, byJohn MacDonald Architect and Mark McInnis, the Postmark Hotel Revitalization Project, Newmarket, by Kirkor Architects, and the Pickering Museum Village Log Barn and Log House Restoration, by ERA Architects, Inc. Dickson Public School – Exterior (Rear), by John MacDonald Architect and Mark McInnis. Image courtesy of John MacDonald Other recipients of the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation, which recognize innovative and impactful conservation projects including exhibitions, adaptive reuse and digital resources, include the following. Across the River to Freedom: Early Black History in Sandwich, Ontario North Star: A Portal for Black History in Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent Pathways to Reclamation: The La Cloche Cataloguing, Learning and Sharing Project, Northern Ontario The Mallorytown Glassworks Permanent Exhibit, Front of Yonge Townshi The Pickering Museum Village Log Barn and Log House Restoration, by ERA Architects (Image credit: Ontario Heritage Trust) Recipients of the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Community Leadership, which recognizes institutions and initiatives that develop and enrich a culture of conservation in their community, include the following. The Maltese-Canadian Museum, Toronto The Markham Museum and the York Region District School Board Museum & Archives Individual award recipients include the following. Marie Carter, Richard Cumbo, Peter Handley and John Sabean each received a Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Lifetime Achievement, which have each given more than 25 years of volunteer service toward enriching heritage in their community. Regan Hutcheson received the Thomas Symons Award for Commitment to Conservation in recognition of his visionary stewardship of heritage in Markham for more than 35 years. Allison Leroux, Ellen Siebel-Achenbach and Grace Tan each received a Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Youth Achievement. Each will also receive the Young Heritage Leaders Scholarship, worth $3,500 toward their post-secondary education. The Young Heritage Leaders Scholarship is jointly sponsored by Canada Life and the Ontario Heritage Trust. For more information about each recipient of the 2024 Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards, click here. The post Recipients of 2024 Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards announced appeared first on Canadian Architect.